The Financial Women of San Francisco Scholarship Fund is governed by a Board of Directors comprising the Executive Board and Committee Chairpersons.
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Karen Crowley is a Senior Solution Engineer at Salesforce, supporting banks, credit unions, mortgage companies, and fintechs. She partners closely with customers and prospects to understand their business needs and translate them into compelling, solution-oriented demonstrations.
Prior to Salesforce, Karen was a Salesforce Engineer at ICONIQ Capital and Halcyon Financial Technology, where she designed and implemented Salesforce solutions for private equity and family office firms. She previously held regulatory and SAP systems roles at Pacific Gas and Electric Company, providing written and oral testimony before the California Public Utilities Commission. She began her career assisting businesses and outside counsel in resolving complex business and litigation matters.
Karen holds a BA in Economics from Pomona College and holds eight Salesforce certifications. She joined Financial Women of San Francisco (FWSF) in 2014 and has served on its board since 2017.
Mona Ahmadi is a seasoned finance professional with 16 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A). Her journey with Financial Women of San Francisco began in 2014 when she was awarded an FWSF scholarship while pursuing her MBA.
Currently, Mona works at a leading Fintech startup in Silicon Valley, where she continues to excel in her field. Her passion for finance, combined with her commitment to empowering and educating her community, led her to teach finance at Menlo College.
Mona also dedicates her expertise to nonprofit work. She has served as Treasurer and is currently a board member at TMC Community Capital, an organization providing affordable loans to small businesses, particularly those historically excluded from traditional financing. Through her professional and community work, Mona strives to create meaningful impact and promote financial inclusion and education.
Sandra is a Director, Finance/Controller at BTIG, LLC a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services. Given over 20 years in experience in the finance industry and in the accounting field, she is well placed to provide senior level accounting guidance and expertise.
Prior to BTIG, LLC she was the Controller of an affiliated entity, Pacific View Asset Management, LLC, and prior to that she worked at Babcock & Brown LP, a global investment and advisory firm, where she held various roles culminating in the Assistant Controller of the U.S. Corporate and Structured Finance division.
She holds an MBA with a focus in international business and a BS in finance from California State University.
Sandra served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 21 years where she was an Adjutant General branch officer. She graduated from various leadership development training courses.
Sandra has been actively involved in Financial Women of San Francisco since 2012. Her prior board roles were as Marketing and Communications Co-Chair and Scholarship Co-Chair. She was also a Financial Woman of the Year and International Women's Day committee member.
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Robyn Rogin is a seasoned banking and nonprofit executive with over 20 years of experience in investing, credit risk, and leadership. At Wells Fargo, she led the bank’s $100 billion Credit Investment Portfolio and previously served as the portfolio’s Chief Credit Officer, steering risk strategy through the Great Recession.
Transitioning to the nonprofit sector, Robyn later led impact investing initiatives at Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), developing loan funds and driving strategic partnerships.
Inspired by insights from nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs seeking deeper financial and operational expertise, Robyn launched R² Consulting Partners in 2024 to provide fractional COO / CFO executive services and project-based consulting to social ventures.
An advocate for economic justice, Robyn serves on the Boards of OneGoal California and Financial Women of San Francisco, advises founders through Astia and the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, and sits on Beneficial State Foundation’s Equitable Bank Standards Council.
In her free time, Robyn loves cheering her two kids on at their games, playing tennis, taking dance classes and traveling.
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Vice President, Insurance and Benefits, Lockton
A former High School Teacher, I became an insurance broker in 2003. After successfully investing my first 9-years focusing on the California Residential Real Estate industry, with expertise in comprehensive Errors & Omissions / Professional Liability risk management and brokerage, I wanted a new challenge. So, in 2011, I left the real estate world, and shifted focus towards the Technology sector, including expanding into the world of Employee Benefits and Total Rewards.
Today, my experiences, relationships, resources, knowledge and overall perspective of the insurance, benefits, and retirement landscape have shaped my skillset into becoming a comprehensive strategic advisor and advocate for my clients’ corporate and human capital risks.
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Tabitha Florence Shikuku, a Certified Public Accountant, brings expertise in sustainable financing, international development, and project management. With a global perspective cultivated through her work with the private-public sector, governments, international organizations, and academia, she leads projects and conducts research aimed at analyzing and providing practical solutions to foster policy development.
In addition to her professional career, Tabitha is a dedicated volunteer who promotes women in finance, economic development, and clean energy sectors. Her areas of expertise encompass finance sustainability, climate and environmental affairs, donor relations, policy development, resource mobilization, and the implementation of corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Tabitha holds a BBM in Finance and Banking from Moi University, Kenya, an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Holy Names University in California, and has pursued additional studies in Social Innovation at the University of San Diego and Global Diplomacy for Energy Transition in Africa at the University for Foreigners Perugia in Italy. Currently, she is completing her MPA with a concentration in Policy Analysis from Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis.
Tabitha is leveraging public and private finance to reduce poverty and support local economic development.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tabitha-florence-shikuku-cpa-8a745444/
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In 2004, Anne Chambers launched a consulting practice, Chambers & McAlpine Associates, Inc.,specializing in developing innovative financial technology strategies for the financial services industry. Prior to that, Anne was COO/CFO of Advisor Software, Inc., a provider of web-based asset-allocation and investment-analysis applications for financial institutions. Anne also has worked in a variety of roles at Bank of America — including SVP for Finance Change Management, where she managed major company-wide merger transitions, systems conversions, and process redesign projects. She began her career at Deloitte and Touche and has a BA and MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. Anne is active as a past president of the Haas Business School Alumni Council and a member of the Haas Business School Development Council. Anne is also a CPA.
Denise Rigli is director in the PwC risk assurance practice in San Francisco with over 18 years of experience. Within PwC's risk assurance practice she focuses on working with financial services, fintech and technology companies to enhance their governance, risk and compliance activities. Experience covers business transformation, IT, financial reporting and operational risks, with a unique view of how these areas intersect. She has focused on assisting clients examine new perspectives, focus on identifying the most critical risk, mitigation of risk through controls that are right for their organization and ensuring that identified weaknesses are remediated timely. She has leveraged her years in the external audit practice to bring a financial statement/financial reporting perspective to both the IT and the operational side of the business for a holistic approach to risk mitigation. She is effective at building and sustaining effective and trusted relationships with senior management and is seen as a trusted business advisor.